Greeting card



\nvenTor. -Price Huber I byw P HUBER GREETING CARD filed Jan; '22, 1938 Jan. 31, 1939.

Patented Jan. 31, 19.39 V v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GREETING CARD Price Huber, Brookline, Mass, asslg'nor to Rust Craft Publishers, Inc., Boston, Mass, a cor- V poration of Massachusetts Application .lanuary 22, 1938, Serial No. 186,385

r 3 Claims. (01. 46,-34)

' invention relates to improvements in folded to present a back leaf 6, main front leaf greeting cards and the general object of the insection, I and an auxiliary front leaf section 8, vention is to provide a folded greeting card of and panels 9 and ID at the ends of sections 1 and novel and attractive appearance having comple- 8 respectively, with the extension projecting mentary picture sections which, when the card from theend of the panel 10.

is completely folded, will present a complete pic- One of the picture sections H which, as illusturie, and having means bearing a supplemental trated, is a facetious representation of a cow boy picture section operable when the card is parcarrying a lariat I2, is positioned on the main tially orjfully unfolded to present an elongated front leaf section 1 near the median fold line l picture Tcomprising one or more of the sections of W h e 01 eXtehdiIlg t0 the pp end of a 10 the'picture appearing on the card when completevertical slit l3 in the card. The auxiliary front ly' folded. leaf section 8 has upon it an illustration of the The term greeting card is used herein in a, loop 14 of the lariat H which terminates at the broad sense as descriptive of any folded sheet or fold line 4. I 15' card presenting to the recipient of the card a, The panel H) which is narrower than the panel 15 suitable message, whether of greeting, congratu- 9, a d extension 5 r the representation of a lations, condolence, advertisement, or otherwise. l bird in flight l5 y g in its beak greeting The term picture is also used in abroad sense Card Which s lassoed y e l p M Of the Las'p-resenting an idea, whether by pictorial reprea t e y g Coil O e p being shown sentation or by verbal presentation. I on the extension 5. 20 I A further object of the invention is' to provide In folding t sheet t pr the greeting agreeting card formed of an elongated sheet of card in opened fo as illustrated in 2, the suitable material having at one end a relatively Sheet is first folded backwardly Oh the median narrow extension and having on th ame ide line I, so that the main front leaf section I and 2 of the sheet and extension, picture sections so its pa e 9 e in e a e p a e a d preferab positioned that when the sheet is folded as hereeXtehd t0 the fold line The panel is then inafter described the extension is passed through folded balckwaldly 0n the line 4 Over the pa l 9 V afslit in one ofthe leaves of the folded card and and h n of h extension 5 i r d throu h the card completely folded a complete pictureis the s s DYOdIlCBs an elongated p t so presented, and when the card is partially or Picture showing e facetious 00W oy lassoing 30.

. wholly. unfolded the supplemental picture on the the Card Which is carried y the bird in flightextension will be so associated with th r pic- A fold line H for the extension is provided at ture sections as to present a relatively long and the j n of t extension With the end of different picture. the narrow panel I0.

These and other objects and features of the In Order to produce t smaller Complete p 35 v invention will more fullyappear from the foltil-re illustrated in the Panel 9 Of the a n lowing description and the accompanying drawfront leaf section and the panel 8 of the auxiliary ing and will be particularly pointed t i th front leaf section are folded forwardly on the fold claims. lines 2, 3, the narrow panel In and its extension 40 An illustrative embodiment of the invention is g d d b eath the panels 8 and 9 as illus- 40 shown in the accompanying drawing, in which, trated in Fig. 3. When thus folded the extension Fig. 1 is a view of an extended sheet showing 5 is bent on the fold line I! so that the extension inldotted lines transverse fold lines and illustr'atis thrust o t r ght through the slit further in picture sections ada t d, wh th d i beneath the main front leaf section I, as illus- .45' completely folded, to present one picture and trated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. When thus folded when the card is opened to present'a different and the looped end of the lariat on the front leaf seca relatively longer picture; 7 p tion 8 is brought'into a position in which the a r Fig, 2 is a view illustrating the opened card; section of the rope l2 unites with the section l2 Yand, j of the rope which extends from the hand of the Fig. 3 is a view showing the card when comw y thereby completing t e na r w picture. 50 pletely folded. When the card is completely folded, as illus- The device as illustrated in Fig. 1 comprises an trated in Fig. 3, a complete picture of the facetious oblong or rectangular card having transverse fold cow boy is shown as swinging the lariat to pro- .lines I, 2, 3, and land at one end a relatively duce the loop. When the card is opened another narrow extension 5 adapted when completely complete picture is shown illustrating the cow boy 55 after having cast the loop about the card which is carried by the bird in flight.

The greeting card as constructed may have printed upon it suitable messages for the recipient one of which is shown in the drawing.

Obviously various other sectional pictures may be shown, for example, the panel 1 and 8 may, when the .card isfolded, illustrate a birthday cake partially appearing upon each of the complementary front leaf sections with a figure on one of the front leaf sections of a child cutting the cake and figures on the other front leaf section of those waiting to participate in eating the cake. In extended form the illustrations on the front leaf 1, the extension 5, and the panel I0, may show an enlarged cake, with various figures surrounding it.

In another form the folded card may illustrate a bassinet containing a baby with figures such as a childor children or animals admiring the baby and when in elongated form a much larger bassinet containing a series of babies appearing upon the extension with the panel I 0 together with the illustration on the front page completing the illustration of the bassinet. Such modifications of the illustration may be made indefinitely by reason of the construction above described.

It is to be noted that in each instance all of the figure sections may be printed simultaneously upon the same side of the card thereby reducing the cost of printing to a minimum.

It will be understood that such cards may be printed with suitable verbal messages as well as pictorial which when the card is completely folded will present one thought and when the card is opened present a diiferent or supplemental message.

It will therefore be understood that the particular embodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawing is of an illustrative character and not restrictive of the meaning and scope of the following claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

1. A greeting card comprising a sheet folded to provide a back leaf and cooperating front leaf sections bearing complementary picture sections normally presenting a complete picture when the card is completely folded, a folded panel extending from one of the front leaf sections having a relatively narrow extension projecting from the side of said panel into a slit in the other front leaf section and containing a supplementary picture section operable upon unfolding the card to be partially withdrawn from said slit and to produce with one or more of said complementary picture sections a different, complete and relatively longer picture.

.2. A greeting card comprising a folded sheet having a back leaf and front leaf sections folded thereupon bearing complementary picture sections normally presenting a complete picture when the card is completely folded, a folded panel extending from one of the front leaf sections and having a relatively narrow extension projecting from the side thereof into a slit in the other front leaf section, said panel and extension containing a supplementary picture section operable upon unfolding of the front section of the card partially to withdraw the extension from said slit and to produce a complete, longer and different picture, all of the picture sections being printed on the same side of the unfolded sheet.

3. A greeting card comprising a sheet having transverse fold lines to provide a back leaf, a main front leaf section and an auxiliary front leaf section, the main front leaf section having an end panel defined by a transverse fold line which when the main front leaf section and its panel are folded against the back leaf will be substantially co-extensive therewith, a relatively narrow panel on the end of the auxiliary front leaf section defined by a fold line, a narrow extension projecting centrally from the edge of said narrow panel with the fold line at its junction therewith and extending when said narrow panel is folded over the panel of the main front leaf section through a slit in the main front leaf section, a main picture section on the main front leaf, and a complementary picture section on said auxiliary front leaf forming therewith a complete picture when the card is completely folded and a different complementary picture and its extension picture on the main leaf a picture when the card is unsection on said narrow panel forming with the different longer folded.

PRICE HUBER. 

